Arts/Crafts/Hobbies

Instructors lead novice knitters through three-hour, six-pupil classes to teach casting on, knitting & binding off with provided supplies

Photography instructor leads comprehensive develop module course on optimizing, basic editing & pupils leave with instructional DVD

Blank ceramics including coffee mugs, rimmed dinner plates & money banks transform into personalized keepsakes with nontoxic paints & glazes

Patrons pluck pumpkins from vines, ride antique tractors, visit baby chicks & race down 4-lane slides at harvest festival on 3,000-acre farm

Students color & craft plaster masterpieces from 175 premade molds during studio time

Local artists help students make original work or re-creations of preselected paintings with provided supplies & complimentary appetizers

Images of found objects, such as trees, fences & signs, double as letters to spell name or word encased in 39.5"x15.5" frame

Art aficionado Patty Sisco guides pupils as they create their own acrylic-paint masterpieces on 16" x 20" canvases and sip BYOB wine

More than 20 knowledgeable vendors line shelves with colorful specimens of Depression glass, Jadeite, and Pyrex from the 1920s–'60s

Extensive stockpiles of colorful natural yarns or choice of two knitting kits that include yarn & patterns